Summary

  • President Sirleaf asks for $8bn for Ebola-affected countries

  • Arrests in Johannesburg after attacks on foreign-owned shops

  • Demonstrations against SA xenophobia in Harare and Lusaka

  • Kenya's president appoints a new chief of defence

  • Clashes in Burundi over third term bid

Live Reporting

Damian Zane and Clare Spencer

  1. Good morning

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